|
Author |
Animal |
Title |
Genre |
|
Lucas, Jeremy |
Arctic Tern |
The Longest Flight |
1 |
|
Eckert, Allen |
Auk |
The Last Great Auk |
1 |
|
Mannix, Daniel P. |
Bald Eagle |
The Last Eagle |
1 |
|
Peak, Michael |
Bald Eagle |
Catamount |
2 |
|
Conroy, Don |
Barn Owl |
On Silent Wings |
2 |
|
Hocke, Martin |
Barn Owl |
The Ancient Solitary Reign |
2 |
|
Bodsworth, Fred |
Barnacle Goose |
The Strange One |
1 |
|
Ellis, Mel |
Canada Goose |
Wild Goose, Brother Goose |
1 |
|
Caras, Roger |
Condor |
Source of the Thunder: The Biography of a California Condor |
1 |
|
Cline, Linda |
Crow |
Miracle Season |
2 |
|
Lippincott, Joeseph Wharton |
Crow |
Blackwings, the Unbeatable Crow |
1 |
|
Fred Bodsworth |
Curlew |
Last of the Curlews |
1 |
|
Hinton, Nigel |
Dunnock, Cuckoo |
Heart of the Valley |
1 |
|
Woodall, Clive |
European Robin, Magpie |
One for Sorrow, Two for Joy2 |
2 |
| Woodall, Clive | European Robin, Magpie, various | Seven for a Secret | 2 |
| Chipperfield, Joseph E | Golden Eagle | Grasson, Golden Eagle of the North | 1 |
| Chipperfield, Joseph E. | Golden Eagle | Greeka, Eagle of the Hebrides | 1 |
|
Durden, Kent |
Golden Eagle |
Flight to Freedom |
1 |
|
Horwood, William |
Golden Eagle |
Callanish |
2 |
| Mancini, Anthony | Golden Eagle | Talons | 3 |
|
Murphy, Robert |
Golden Eagle |
The Golden Eagle |
1 |
|
King-Smith, Dick |
Golden Eagle |
Godhanger1 |
2 |
| Guy, Jonathan | Goshawk | Hawkwood | 1 |
|
Jean Craighead George |
Great Horned Owl |
Bubo the Owl |
1 |
| McVean, James | Gyrfalcon | Seabird Nine | 1 |
| Temple, Philip | Kea (parrot) | Beak of the Moon | 2 |
| Temple, Philip | Kea (parrot) | Dark of the Moon | 2 |
|
Conroy, Don |
Kestrel |
Sky Wings |
2 |
| Novy`, Karel | Kingfisher | The Kingfisher | 1 |
|
Conroy, Don |
Peregrine Falcon |
Wild Wings |
2 |
|
Murphy, Robert |
Peregrine Falcon |
The Peregrine Falcon |
1 |
|
Bayer, William |
Peregrine Falcon |
Peregrine |
3 |
|
Clarkson, Ewan |
Peregrine Falcon |
In the Shadow of the Falcon |
1 |
|
Grizone, Joseph F. |
Peregrine Falcon |
Kara, the Lonely Falcon1 |
2 |
|
Jean Craighead George |
Peregrine Falcon |
Frightful’s Mountain |
1 |
| Murphy, Robert | Peregrine Falcon | Varda: The Flight of a Falcon | 1 |
|
Eckert, Allen |
Pigeon |
The Silent Sky: The Incredible Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon |
1 |
| Smith, James Robert | Prehistoric Bird | The Flock | 3 |
| Stanford, Richard | Prehistoric Bird | Roadkill | 3 |
|
Barrett, Nicholas |
Puffin |
Fledger |
2 |
|
Gadd, Ben |
Raven |
Raven’s End |
2 |
|
Wangerin, Walter |
Rooster |
The Book of the Dun Cow3 |
2 |
|
Wangerin, Walter |
Rooster |
The Book of Sorrows3 |
2 |
|
Mannix, Daniel P. |
Rooster, Goshawk |
The Killers |
1 |
|
Horwood, William |
Sea Eagle |
The Stonor Eagles |
2 |
|
Bach, Richard |
Seagull |
Johnathan Livingston Seagull1 |
2 |
| Benchley, Nathaniel | Seagull, Killer Whale | Kilroy and the Gull | 2 |
| Frewer, Glyn | Tawny Owl | Tyto | 1 |
|
Hocke, Martin |
Tawny Owl |
The Lost Domain2 |
2 |
| Du Maurier, Daphne | Various | The Birds4 | 3 |
| Morgan, Alison | Wagtail | Riversong | 2 |
1 Godhanger, Johnathan Livingston Seagull, Kara the Lonely Falcon, The Book of the Dun Cow and
The Book Of Sorrows are all allegories rather than strictly nature books.
2 One for Sorrow, Two for Joy and The Lost Domain have major, major problems in terms of accuracy
in bird behavior or biology, to the point where anyone knowledgeable about birds would probably not enjoy them.
3 Although it is recommended because it is well written and, IMO, an important work in anthropomorphic literature,
The Book of Sorrows is a very, very gruesome and depressing book. I recommend it with the warning that it absolutely
is not for children, and adults should be warned that reading it is not a pleasant experience, but more like an ordeal to
be endured.
4 While The Birds is a short story and those are normally not covered here, this is a very important work in the genre and is
included for that reason.
